This session looks at the impact of Income on the access of urban populations to quality health services. Discrimination and even criminalization prevent ‘key populations’ and minority groups to access essential health services and rights.

This session presents experiences and research findings of Nigeria, DRC and Belgium (Brussels and Charleroi).
This panel will engage with the following questions:

• Which (health) policies can improve access to health in settings marked by vast inequality and inequities?
• What does community health promotion (or its failure) mean in an (informal) urban setting?
• Which policies of non-discrimination and access to essential services such as mobility, housing, water and sanitation, etc. determine the health of the city’s diverse populations?

Presentations:

• Billy Mwangaza, Étoile du Sud, DRC: Le peuple s’approprie la lutte contre les inégalités liées à la sante dans la zone de santé.
• Pilar Martinez, General Coordinator Médecins du Monde Belgium, DRC: Communes sans viol et le pouvoir au peuple : projet pilote de MdM à Bukavu (RDC).
• Pierre Ryckmans, association ‘Infirmiers de la rue’, Brussels, Belgium: Travail de rue et réinsertion en logement: présentation du travail de l’association Infirmiers de rue.
• Nathalie Annez de Taboada, Health Department, Médecins du Monde, Belgium: Le Medibus – une stratégie de réponse à la criminalisation de la précarité.

Moderators: Felipe Sere, Memisa Belgium and Stefaan Van Bastelaere, Enabel – Belgian Development Agency, Belgium

Session in French